[Ksplice][Ubuntu 10.04 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2374-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-2374-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-3184 CVE-2014-3185 CVE-2014-6410

Systems running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2374-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2014-3184: Invalid memory write in HID drivers.

Several HID drivers (Cherry Cymotion keyboard, KYE/Genius devices,
Logitech devices, Monterey Genius KB29E keyboard, Petalynx Maxtor
remote control, and Sunplus wireless desktop) are vulnerable to an
out-of-bounds write due to some off-by-one bugs.  This could occur if
a HID device report offers an invalid report descriptor size.

A local user with physical access to the system could use this flaw to
write past an allocated memory buffer.


* CVE-2014-3185: Memory corruption in USB serial WhiteHEAD device driver.

The USB ConnectTech WhiteHEAT serial driver is vulnerable to a memory
corruption flaw. It could occur when reading completion commands via USB
Request Blocks buffers.

A local user with physical access to the system could use this flaw to
corrupt kernel memory area or crash the system kernel resulting in a
denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-6410: Denial of service in UDF filesystem parsing.

The kernel UDF filesystem driver does not correctly validate indirect
inodes allowing a malicious user to cause a kernel panic by mounting a
UDF volume with deeply nested indirect inodes.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.